Chapter 229: The First Battle of the Wolf Domain (1)
September 21, 1900, around ten o'clock in the morning.
"Report to the Chief of the General Staff, the intelligence of the Ministry of Intelligence shows that it is very likely that the coalition forces will launch a large-scale artillery attack on our wolf domain."
Liu Liren personally came to the General Staff Headquarters and handed over a piece of intelligence information to the hands of Yue Xiang, Chief of the General Staff, the Intelligence Department of the Black Dragon Army, the intelligence monitoring force in other places may be limited, but for Aihui's own land, especially within a radius of dozens of miles of the wolf domain's lair, it is definitely able to achieve network coverage, key monitoring, and the movements of the main forces of the coalition army, especially the three artillery regiments of Tsarist Russia acting at the same time, if this kind of intelligence cannot be monitored, then the intelligence minister Liu Liren should be scolded again.
"Three artillery regiments, including one heavy artillery regiment, what a big deal." Yue Xiang, chief of the general staff, sneered while looking at the intelligence: "Yo, the main force of the Qing army has been mobilized on a large scale, so it seems that Kuzuosco is planning to bombard our wolf domain first today, and then use the Qing army to carry out a tentative attack?" ”
"Judging from the overall intelligence, I think so too." Liu Liren nodded and agreed.
"Well, you came to me in person to discuss with me if you need to pull the alarm now, right?" Yue Xiang said with a smile.
After more than two months of painstaking operation by the Black Dragon Army, the Wolf Domain has not only built five lines of defense, but also improved the auxiliary facilities in other aspects, such as telephone lines, which have already paved all corners of the Wolf Domain, even mountains, basements, etc., at least to be able to do it, in the Wolf Domain's lair, a phone call can be given to any place.
Another example is the early warning system, Yue Weihua according to the prevention and control alarm system of later generations, exchanged for a complete set of prevention and control early warning equipment, of course, these things, including auxiliary facilities such as telephone lines and telephones, do not cost a few merit points at all, but after these facilities are perfected, they can greatly improve the efficiency of the Black Dragon Army, and the improvement of the alarm system can greatly improve everyone's survival chances.
"Hehe, this is not the first time the alarm has been officially sounded, I'm not afraid of responsibility, the main thing is to ask you to check and don't make jokes at that time." Liu Liren said with a smile.
The control room of the early warning system is located in the Ministry of Intelligence, and Liu Liren, the Minister of Intelligence, must have the right to directly issue one of the people who sounded the alarm, but as soon as the alarm system sounded, the entire wolf domain would start to act immediately according to the feedback from the alarm system, and now it is the first time it has been sounded, if it is misjudged, Liu Liren's face will not be able to hang up, so he came to ask Yue Xiang to check it.
"You, don't be so cautious, this is wartime, even if you make a mistake once, you can delay a lot of things, but if you delay, you will have to pay a lot of lives." Yue Xiang reminded him, and then said, "Go ahead, sound the advance alarm." ”
"Yes, Chief of the General Staff."
The early warning system is divided into early warning, air raid warning and disarming (Yue Weihua completely applied the prevention and control early warning of later generations. )
Advance alarm: sound for 36 seconds, stop for 24 seconds, repeat three times for a cycle, time 3 minutes. After hearing the early warning system, everyone stopped all work, (if it is an ordinary citizen in the future, it is necessary to turn off the power supply at home, turn off the gas, extinguish the fire, close the doors and windows, carry valid documents, daily necessities and protective equipment), and quickly evacuate to the nearby underground prevention and control shelters, civil air defense projects, air raid shelters, etc.
Air raid warning: sound for 6 seconds, stop for 6 seconds, repeat 15 times for a cycle, time 3 minutes, indicating that the air raid is coming, those who cannot enter the underground air defense shelter, civil air defense engineering, air raid shelter, use the terrain to hide on the spot, lie on the ground with their heads in their hands.
Disarm the alarm: sound a long sound continuously for 3 minutes, and everyone can get out of the underground air defense shelter and resume normal work.
Of course, this kind of early warning system is only aimed at non-front-line combatants, and front-line combatants must leave enough observation posts before they can enter the nearest air defense system, mostly anti-artillery holes, or directly lie in the trenches of the position, because most of the time the shelling is at the same time, which means that the enemy is about to charge.
Woooooo
Five minutes later, the warning alarm sounded in the range of the Wolf Domain and the Yunxia Valley base, because before the battle, the entire Wolf Domain had conducted exercises, especially in the Yunxia Valley base and the Liuye Mountain Arsenal, and several performances had been carried out, so now as soon as the early warning alarm sounded, everyone knew what was going on.
At the base of Yunxiao Valley and Liuye Mountain, after everyone heard the warning siren, they did not show too much panic, but entered the cave or underground passage and other air defense facilities in a very orderly manner.
In the wolf domain, because the non-combatants, even most of the prisoners, have been imprisoned in the depths of the Brun Mountain, ninety percent of the people who remain in the wolf domain are soldiers and medical rescue personnel, after everyone heard the alarm, except for some people who may be a little farther away from the entrance of the air defense facilities, the others are not in a hurry, because the prevention and control facilities in the wolf domain are almost everywhere, especially in the core area, the underground passages are criss-crossed, and there are many entrances.
Of course, as soon as the alarm sounded, the 102nd Regiment, which was at the forefront of the front, suddenly became nervous, and the whole regiment also immediately took action, and all battalions and companies began to arrange in an orderly manner for most of the people to enter the nearby fortifications, while leaving a small number of people to enter the pillboxes, hillside dark holes and other places for close observation.
Nie Youcai, the commander of the regiment, was the first to dial the phone number of the temporary headquarters of the First Fleet of the Navy Division on the auxiliary position, because the more than 3,500 people of the First Fleet of the Navy Division were all located on the auxiliary positions of the mountains on both sides of the main position of the 102nd Regiment.
"Commander Luo, do you see any movement?" Nie Youcai asked.
"Hehe, Lao Nie, it's just an early warning alarm, it can only show that the intelligence department has found that the other party has a large-scale artillery operation." Luo Qing's tone was quite relaxed.
The first fleet of the naval division was forced to transform from a naval division to a mountain force (at the moment all the officers and soldiers of the naval division are cats on the mountain), Luo Qing is okay, although he was born as a water bandit, but before the formation of the naval fleet, he was really an army for a while and fought several battles, but Guo Huai, deputy commander of the naval fleet, was obviously a little uncomfortable, fortunately, their task was very easy, saying that it was an auxiliary battlefield, but in fact, it was mainly based on comprehensive monitoring to prevent the infiltration of small forces, so Luo Qing seemed quite relaxed, because even if it was an artillery attack by the other side, It is estimated that it is impossible to fire artillery indiscriminately on these mountains aimlessly.
"Hehe, Luo Qing, you just gloat, you are also a person who went out from the 102nd regiment, can you stand by and watch for a while."
After all, it is the first battle, the strength of the enemy and me is unknown, and it is a tough battle, so Nie Youcai is also a little bottomless in his heart, but this battle must not only be won, but also win beautifully, and it must get off to a good start for the Wolf Domain Headquarters, even if not for anything else, but also for the new equipment of the whole regiment.
"Lao Nie, look at what you said, I can still stand by and watch, don't worry, once the other party presses up, I will let my people gather in the middle and try to share some firepower for you, although our equipment is almost there, and it is also a naval division unit, but there are many of us, right."
Luo Qing's words came to the back, obviously a little sour, no way, the naval fleet is more of a naval division, even if it participates in land battles, it is mainly auxiliary operations, so the matter of changing clothes must be waiting for all regiments to complete the redressing, so there is a little possibility.
"Okay, Commander Luo, don't be sour, this way, I'll ask the brothers to send you six Maxims over later, but one thing to clarify, these six Maxims must be placed on the two flanks of our main position, and kill and wound more enemies for us." Nie Youcai said bluntly.
"Haha, okay, but this is a gift from you, don't ask me to return it afterwards." Luo Qing laughed.
Six Makqin is not a small number, the entire 102 regiment is normally equipped with thirty Makqin, eight in each of the three battalions, six of which are spare, and Nie Youcai directly sent these six spare Makqin out in one go, even Luo Qing has to say that it is an atmosphere.
In fact, how can Nie Youcai be so atmospheric, not mainly because when he received the equipment in the logistics department yesterday, he did not report the fact that there were ten Makqin in the 102nd Regiment before, and he still received the equipment according to the figure of thirty, otherwise with Nie Youcai's character of entering and not leaving, how could he be so generous.
"Don't worry, there is never a reason to return what Nie sent out." Nie Youcai coaxed, in fact, he was dripping blood in his heart, but in order to win this battle more beautifully, he had to make some blood.
……
Thundered!
Thundered!
Thundered!
At eleven o'clock in the morning, the cannon sounded, although the intelligence department also discovered the dense shells flying from the sky at the first time, so as to sound the air raid warning as soon as possible, but it was obvious that before the alarm sounded, the entire wolf domain fell into a dense explosion.
Artillery raids, after all, are not real air raids, air raids because aircraft violate the airspace, their own radar can capture the signal, so as to give early warning minutes in advance, or even longer, but artillery raids, then can only be hehe, of course, the first ring of early warning and the third ring of the lifting of the air raid alarm, is still very effective.
The rumbling explosions raged everywhere in the wolf domain, as if aimless, because the entire wolf domain was full of explosions, but if you are in a high position, you will be able to find that the landing points of these shells are still very regular, they are mainly concentrated in the five main defense lines and main buildings of the wolf domain, of course, the most serious artillery hit is undoubtedly the main position of the 102nd regiment.
On the main position two or three hundred meters wide, there were violent explosions everywhere, and the dust was flying and the sky was full of smoke, and even the observation posts in the bunkers could not make effective observations, so they could only cover their ears and stare into the distance without blinking, so as to find out whether there was movement in the distance at a certain moment when the fog cleared.
Thundered!
Thundered!
Thundered!
After about twenty minutes, the first round of artillery bombardment finally ended, but it only stopped for less than a minute, and the second round of shelling began again, and the entire wolf domain was covered by the sand and dust that covered the sky and the sun, and many of the fortifications on the surface became crumbling under the attack of artillery fire, as if they were going to be destroyed in the next moment.
The soldiers hiding in the air defense facilities can only cover their ears one by one, muttering insults to Lao Maozi and not dying well, but fortunately, this is the lair of the Black Dragon Army, Yue Weihua exchanged a large number of cement, steel and other materials at any cost, and the solid fortifications built, especially the air defense facilities, began to reflect their value at this moment.
The rumbling cannon sound finally thinned out again, and another twenty minutes passed, and the second round of shelling finally ended, and the ears of the entire Black Dragon Army soldiers were still rumbling at the moment, and the volume of speaking should be at least twice as loud as usual, otherwise it would be impossible to hear what the other party was saying.
"Medical rescue team, hurry up to the position to rescue the wounded,......。"
Thundered!
Thundered!
On the front-line position, Nie Youcai, the commander of the 102nd Regiment, thought that the second round of shelling was over, and the shelling should be almost over, but he didn't expect that as soon as his voice fell, the sound of artillery sounded again.
"Damn, don't you want money for shells, it's a fucking howitzer heavy artillery."
Nie Youcai wanted to cry without tears, the third round of artillery attacks was actually replaced by large-caliber howitzer heavy artillery, and more than fifty percent of the shells were coming towards their positions, Nie Youcai finally understood, why he only saw the sound of artillery all the time, but no one charged, it turned out that there was more ruthlessness behind it.
A few minutes later.
"Commander, phone."
"Hey, I'm Nie Youcai."
"Commander Nie, the Qing army has entered within two thousand meters."
"Is his grandmother's finally coming?"
Nie Youcai put down the phone and said viciously, this is not a good feeling of being bombed, not to mention that it is uncomfortable, it is going to die, although the fortifications are very complete, and there are many air defense facilities in the position, but artillery is the king of land warfare, even in the awesome fortifications, it is impossible not to die.
"Regiment commander, the intelligence department is calling."
"Hey, I'm Nie Youcai."
"The Qing army is coming,......。"
"I know, but Minister Liu, the news from your intelligence department is not good, it is not as early as Luo Qing found out."
The news of the Ministry of Intelligence needs to be relayed, and Luo Qing is standing directly on a high place, forgetting far away, and passing it on as soon as he finds it, which is naturally more timely.
Thundered!
Thundered!
All of them are more than 150 mm caliber howitzer heavy artillery, falling on the position, immediately a big pit appeared, within a radius of more than ten meters, if someone is lying there, basically there is no hope of survival, even if it is hidden in the air-raid shelter a few meters below, it will be blown up dizzy, many soldiers are bleeding from the mouth and nose, after all, the air-raid shelter on the front line cannot be dug too deep.
After more than ten minutes, the rumbling artillery finally slowly thinned out, and finally returned to calm, and then the soldiers of the entire 102nd regiment were still buzzing in their ears at the moment, dizzy.
Woooooo
At this time, the sound of lifting the air raid siren finally sounded in the entire wolf domain.
"He's *mother*, what's going on with Nie Youcai, why don't you organize a counterattack."
…… (To be continued.) )